Middle East war

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• September 26 2025
  Tony Blair seeks to play key role in Gaza under Trump peace plan

  US looks for former British prime minister to be involved in transitional postwar arrangement

  
• September 25 2025
  Microsoft Corp

  Microsoft cuts off some services to the Israeli military

  Software giant’s move follows investigation into use of its products to surveil Palestinian civilians

  
• September 24 2025
  US foreign policy

  Trump pledges to prevent Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank

  US president makes promise to Arab and Muslim leaders in meeting on sidelines of UN General Assembly

  
• September 23 2025
  Europe Express

  France’s recognition of Palestine lays bare EU faultlines on Middle East war

  Also in this newsletter: eastern European ministers meet to discuss ‘drone wall’

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• September 22 2025
  France recognises Palestinian statehood and calls for end to Israeli war in Gaza

  President Emmanuel Macron says ‘nothing justifies’ further conflict in enclave

  
• September 21 2025
  Geopolitics

  UK, Canada and Australia recognise Palestine as an independent state

  Move comes as Israel intensifies military action in Gaza and expansion of settlements in occupied West Bank

  
• September 21 2025
  News in-depthWest Bank

  Will Benjamin Netanyahu annex the West Bank?

  Israeli PM is under pressure from far-right coalition partners to formally seize parts of occupied Palestinian territory

  
• September 20 2025
  News in-depthGovernment of Iran

  Iran’s rulers embrace ancient Persian culture in charm offensive

  Islamic republic promotes concerts and cultural events to win over population after Israel war

  
• September 18 2025
  Syria

  Syria nears security deal with Israel, says president

  Ahmed al-Sharaa suggests talks may yield results in the coming days

  
• September 18 2025
  Boston Consulting Group

  BCG to train staff on ‘humanitarian principles’ after Gaza outcry

  Consulting group revamps internal processes after condemnation for work on Palestinian relocation proposal

  
• September 17 2025
  FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen

  Trump shifts power from shareholders to bosses

  President’s call to scrap quarterly reports comes as SEC considers curbing shareholder lawsuits

  
• September 16 2025
  Gaza

  Israel’s invasion of Gaza City: in images and maps

  Assault on enclave’s largest city triggers exodus of Palestinians and one of war’s most destructive chapters

  
• September 16 2025
  Israel launches ground invasion of Gaza City

  Assault comes as UN commission concludes Israel has committed genocide in the strip

  
• September 15 2025
  Qatar calls for ‘concrete steps’ against Israel after missile strikes

  Arab and Muslim nations weigh options as anger mounts over attack on US ally despite fears of antagonising Donald Trump

  
• September 15 2025
  Gideon Rachman

  How Ukraine and Gaza scrambled the ideological map

  The two wars have divided the west — and not along the old left-right lines

  
• September 14 2025
  Rubio meets Netanyahu in Israel after Qatar strike

  US secretary of state expected to discuss war in Gaza and drive by far-right Israeli ministers to annex areas of West Bank

  
• September 12 2025
  Emile Hokayem

  Israel’s attack on Qatar has shaken the Gulf

  Netanyahu’s preference for endless war over diplomacy is making Saudis and Emiratis reconsider their alliances

  
• September 12 2025
  Iran

  Iran says enriched uranium stockpile buried under bombed sites

  Fate of hundreds of kilogrammes of fissile material has been unclear since Israel and US bombing campaign in June

  
• September 10 2025
  Israel unbound: was Qatar a strike too far?

  Bombing of US ally comes after repeated Israeli attacks across Middle East since Hamas’s October 7 2023 assault

  
• September 10 2025
  Qatar

  Israel launches attack on Hamas in Qatar

  US issues rare censure after six killed in strikes on Gulf state

  
• September 10 2025
  FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

  Israel escalates attacks on Hamas

  Allies grow weary as Israel strikes Qatar and orders the evacuation of Gaza City

  
• September 9 2025
  UK foreign policy

  Israeli president Herzog to meet Starmer as calls grow for tougher UK action

  British government concludes Gaza offensive has not met criteria for genocide

  
• September 9 2025
  Israel orders evacuation of Gaza City

  Benjamin Netanyahu has argued assault is needed to break Hamas

  
• September 9 2025
  News in-depth

  A day in the dangerous life of Gaza’s truck drivers

  Aid convoy truckers witness first-hand how Israeli bombing and blockades have pushed the enclave into famine

  
• September 6 2025
  News in-depth

  The Palestinian journalists risking death to report on Israel’s offensive

  Israeli military has repeatedly claimed that correspondents for Al Jazeera are ‘terrorists’ before killing them